Lady Marianne has no desire to be wed according to her brother's plans, and to an old Scot to boot! She can barely tolerate the barbarous land, let alone
the savages who inhabit it -- even if some of them are, perhaps, handsome.
Better she should take matters into her own hands and escape...

But her plans go awry when the bold, headstrong son of the local chieftain decides she needs his help. Adair Mac Taran pays no heed to the warnings that he could only
be making matters worse. And he is. Aye, that he is...